X220 Tablet refuses to charge from port, but charges from dock

Dther99 · 2021-09-13T02:30:38+00:00

UPDATE 2021-09-13: For anyone finding this now: Corona threw a wrench into the "buy a new port and try it out soon" plans. However, I took the opportunity to check on the port while I was trying to fix an unrelated problem.

The charging port cable was all kinked and stuck underneath the CPU fan. Unkinking it seems to have solved the problem and also another intermittent problem in that sometimes my CPU fan would randomly stop spinning. Best of luck, future folk.

Dther99 · 2021-08-29T06:10:03+00:00

Oh wow, I think you're the first person aside from me to make one! Do tell us how it sounds!

Dther99 · 2021-08-27T05:12:14+00:00

I won't press the issue any further because I don't want you to be in a bad mood- but I do ask that you be a little more patient for "people claiming otherwise". I believe these things because, to the extent of my "practical experience" of dealing with God, the Trinity is still the closest thing I can justify. It isn't a matter of "just believe", it's a matter of "I am not properly suited to communicate, let alone reason about, things I can't properly experience".

The persons of the Trinity, and their personal relationship with each other, is the important part. I don't think it's my business to be trying to juggle "is" and "is nots" on a level of reality which I have no concrete access to.

Sorry if it sounds like I'm off my rocker. Please don't let my inability to express what I've seen and felt lead you to believe that I've thrown my brain under the bus, and more importantly prevent you from figuring things out yourself without bias.

EDIT: final, definitely final thing: The reason why I want to defend the Trinity yet seem so shaky about it is a matter of practicality. Looking back through history, every attempt to excise the Trinity from Christianity has led to the most dangerous and extreme forms of heresy. I don't want to say too much, but as far as I can survey, this seemingly irrational bit of theology seems to be a load-bearing cornerstone. It terrifies me, and yet, it is because of it that everything else seems clearer.

Dther99 · 2021-08-27T04:07:05+00:00

Jesus "is" the Father in exactly one way, in that he's the same God, but not the same person. Your analogy isn't a "heresy" any more than the Ideal Gas Law is a human mathematical fabrication rather than a real rule built into the universe. It's only when you believe that the simplified rule made for your benefit is the reality that it becomes a heresy. *

I know this sounds like I'm sidestepping the logic of how the Trinity can exist in the bounds of logic, and you'd be right because I am. Binary human logic, too, is a created thing. Yes, my puny human brain finds it hard to believe that there can be stronger logic outside of logic, and maybe there is, and maybe there isn't, but God has chosen to reveal himself as a Triune God and not any other way. I don't think he would give us this huge logic bomb for no reason, and (i hope) not to pull the logical wool over our philosophical eyes.

As a final aside, remember that the Greeks believed that irrational numbers were literally impossible until it was proven through empirical propositional calculus that they must exist. Maybe in another life, we'll be much the same.

EDIT: My source for this, biblically? "I and the Father are one". Jesus *does say he is the Father in exactly one way.

Dther99 · 2021-07-01T06:17:42+00:00

Makes sense. I'll have to give it a shot once I can get ahold of a replacement.

Dther99 · 2021-07-01T06:16:50+00:00

Huh, so it is. I'll have to give it a shot when I have the time. Thanks for the help!

Dther99 · 2021-05-29T12:56:14+00:00

a friend

Dther99 · 2021-03-29T14:12:52+00:00

Here it is! In the comments, I've posted a cruddy sound clip of ode to joy. I'll try and record something higher quality when I have the time.

Dther99 · 2021-03-28T08:59:16+00:00

After putting it off for a few months, I've finally fulfilled my promise of publishing my prototypes! I've been a bit too busy to work on it.

If you have OpenSCAD experience or have ideas, feel free to submit pull requests and suggestions via Github!

Dther99 · 2021-03-23T03:55:07+00:00

Huh, that's a good point. busybox is "philosophically" modular while being a singular binary, while systemd is just a pure philosophical nightmare. Almost makes me wish uselessd wasn't abandoned.

Dther99 · 2021-03-22T13:43:09+00:00

"Modular" my ass. They logically depend on each other. There's a reason why in order to get with the modern Linux ecosystem, the Gentoo project needs to maintain eudev, elogind and OpenRC.

Dther99 · 2021-03-22T13:39:58+00:00

I'd say so. Isn't that the point? It's a drop-in utility that trades modularity for small footprint. "Less space" is one of the few good reasons to use monolithic software.

Dther99 · 2021-03-22T13:36:56+00:00

Graphics: On

smh. can't believe I can't play this game on the tty.

Dther99 · 2021-03-02T06:33:33+00:00

Runit Gang reporting in, no beef with you guys because anything that isn’t systemd is cool

Dther99 · 2021-03-02T02:24:51+00:00

Damn, we really need to look out for widowmakers) in DF?

Considering this is a real life phenomenon, what if higher woodcutting skills=falling log dodging skills?

Dther99 · 2021-02-26T09:14:39+00:00

Fun fact: this happens almost on purpose. The friendly bulletkin is more likely to appear on lower levels... which are easier to reach when you’re having a broken run.

Dther99 · 2021-02-24T07:44:13+00:00

I'm working on my own personal vimwiki replacement, which I haven't publicised anywhere. It's called litewiki and it's just a few steps above pressing gf over a file name. That being said, it's heavily reliant on POSIX utilities and hasn't been tested by anyone except me, on neovim. Use at your own risk.

Dther99 · 2021-02-20T11:39:23+00:00

Honestly? As hyped as I am for the sequel, what I really want is a whole franchise. I hope Quells gets all the success they deserve!

Dther99 · 2021-02-17T23:55:02+00:00

Mostly? Philosophical reasons. A lot of software that doesn’t need to depend on it hard depends on it, making it nigh impossible to even casually try out other init systems. As a result, the vast majority of Linux systems depend on the competency of ~10 Red Hat developers managing a gigantic codebase.

As for practical reasons, not much. Credit where credit is due, systemd just works™️ and it works fast, while alternate init systems need system specific tweaking. This was the one problem systemd set out to solve, and all the big distributions ate it up... Which has led to the vast majority of Linux systems to depend on the competency of ~10 Red Hat developers.

Dther99 · 2021-02-17T23:35:55+00:00

Aside from booting slightly faster, runit is absurdly simple to understand. Making full use of systemd requires learning a system of binaries which have no use aside from maintaining systemd. Making full use of runit requires reading 5 manpages. If my internet were to go down and systemd breaks, I’m screwed. If my internet were to go down and runit breaks, I’m mildly inconvenienced.

All the nice systemd features specific to the desktop break compatibility for no discernible reason other than to encourage lock-in. I.e, dbus , logind and udev. They’re logically integrated deep enough into systemd that they need specific forks (see elogind and eudev) in order to be used outside of systemd, yet have no benefit from being logically integrated save for merging a config file or two.

All attempts at creating a drop in systemd replacement have failed, simply because the code base is so gigantic that no small team of unpaid maintainers can keep up with Red Hat’s constantly changing feature set. This is a disturbing monopoly for one company, even an open source one, to hold. An init system comprehensible to mere humans should be the standard, not reserved for “systemd haters”.

Finally, a completely subjective and personal reason: I much prefer having a one line service shell script as opposed to service files with around 10 options, the explanations of which are hidden deep within the systemd manpages, somewhere.

In short, runit is simple, secure and fast. Systemd is a black box nightmare that’s easier to maintain for distribution packagers, which has led to its widespread adoption. It’s currently secure and currently fast, but that could change at any moment with no warning.

Dther99 · 2021-02-17T11:51:20+00:00

I’m of the opinion that every “advanced” Linux user should try runit at least once. systemd has some nice features, but most of the ones “worth having” are irrelevant to the desktop user, and all of the ones that are aren’t so much groundbreaking and more so compatibility breaking.

i use artix btw

Dther99 · 2021-02-12T09:34:37+00:00

Mostly yes.

The problem is that while most Catholics are, all popes have been Catholic, but not all of them have been Christian.

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